IceWM is a lightweight window manager for the X Window System, designed to be fast, simple, and unobtrusive. It lets users control windows with a mouse or keyboard, switch among them with Alt+Tab or a window list, and choose how windows gain focus. Its optional taskbar includes a workspace pager and system tray; windows can also be minimized to the taskbar, tray, desktop, or hidden. IceWM supports multiple workspaces and monitors through RandR and Xinerama, and offers features such as configurable keybindings, tabbed windows, dynamic menus, sound effects, and compatibility with GNOME and KDE environments.
Created in C++ by Marko Maček in 1997, IceWM is now maintained on GitHub and is available through many Linux distributions and most BSD systems. Its appearance can be customized with themes, with more than 450 available for download, and the software is translated into roughly three dozen languages. The project provides manuals, FAQ and theme-making guidance, plus a GitHub bug tracker. The listed latest release is version 4.1.0, dated August 6, 2026. Installation instructions cover both released packages and development source, with options using configure and make or CMake, as well as a script for installing dependencies. IceWM is released under the GNU Library General Public License.
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